Water-elevator



(No Model.)

T. A. PORTER.

WATER ELEVATOR. No. 329,485; Patented Nov 3, 188:5.

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THOMAS A. PORTER, OF CAMERON, TEXAS.

WATER-ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,485, dated November 3, 1885.

Serial No. 139,114. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. PORTER, of Cameron, in the county of Milam and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in ater-Elevators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an endless-chain -water-elevator; and the invention consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 shows in sectional elevation my new elevator arranged in a well. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the elevator, the well and curb being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view taken on the line at xof Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar view, showing a modifled form of bucket, and Fig. 5 isa front elevation of the modified form of bucket.

A A represent two endless chains. B B represent the drums over which the endless chains pass, and O 0 represent the buckets, made, preferably, cylindrical in form, and formed or provided with the side flanges c 0, by which the buckets are secured to and be tween the endless chains A A. The drum B is made fast upon the crank-shaft D, which is journaled at the upper edges of the curbboards E E, and the said drum is circumferentially grooved in the center, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, to form the side flanges b b, and to form a clearance for the passageof the buckets 0 around the drum. The flanges b b are made many-sidedin this instance sixsidedand in the center of every other flat side of the flanges is formed a projection or toe, b, which are adapted to pass through the slots (0* of the link-plates a of the chains A, to cause the chains to travel together, and to prevent them from slipping off from the flanges b of the drum B when it is revolved by power applied to the crank-shaft D. The endless chains A A are made up of the short and narrow metal plates a a a which are linked together, as shown at a". The links a have the above-mentioned slots a made through them to engage with the toest'. The links a are plain links,while the links a have the staples (1 formed upon their outer surfaces, which are adapted to pass through the slots (1, made in the side flanges, c c, of the buckets O, and to receive the key-rings c e for securing the buckets to the chains A, as will be clearly understood from Fig. 2.

To one end of the curb-boards E E is so cured the receiver F, into which the buckets O successively empty their contents, and from the bottom of the receiver F leads the pipe F, which serves to conduct the water away from the. receiver F to any point desired; and in order that the bllGKOlJS 0 shall pour their entire contents into the receiver F without permitting any water to fall back into the well, I form the buckets with the spouts G, and attach them to the chains A A at points at or near the center of the length of the buckets, so that the open ends of the buckets, in passing over the drum B, will not tip forward until the spouts are carried just above the inner Wall of the receiver.

Instead of forming the buckets with side flanges, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, thebuckets may be secured to plates or cross-pieces, as shownin Fig. 4, in which case the drumsB B need not be circumferentially grooved, as shown in Fig. 2, and instead of making the buckets cylindrical they may be made square in cross'section, as shown in Fig. 4, or they may be made in any desired form.

Constructed as described, the elevator is very rapid in its action, and itis strong, cheap, and durable.

Having thus described my inventiornwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with endless chains having the links a provided with staples d, of the buckets 0, having apertured side flanges through which the staples pass, and fastcnings e, passing through the staple in front of the apertured side flanges to hold the buckets in place, substantially as set forth.

THOMAS A. PORTER.

W'itnesses:

L. L. RUssELL, T. E. LANKFORD. 

